baltimore city's inner harbor rocked by gunfire. >> a young boy shot and a man stabbed to death. police have a person of interest in that stabbing and new information on how the child was shot. wjz is live at city headquarters. mike hellgren stays on the story where the mayor and the police commissioner are about to begin a briefing. >> reporter: we have new pictures to show you of that person of tr. at this our police have not made any arrests. as america the beautiful played, the fireworks celebration unraveled at the inner harbor as this fight unfolded on the promenade as the light show went on above the rowdy scene.

minutes later at pratt and light street a little bit started crying. they discovered he was shot in the leg. police believe this was a stray bullet from a gunfired in the air. >> i say over and over and over again, it really is these manny actions with guns. we're going to work to get people off the streets. >> reporter: people have a person of interest in a deadly stabbing, a man shot at six -- mccormick and schmick's . the victim was 26 years olded from alabama. the commissioner and the mayor tried to calm the public and rue assure them that safety is a top priority. police have used technology to tried to prevent the violence. we are waiting for an update on city leaders. they were supposed to speak to

us at 11:30. they're running a little behind. it was a small caliber weapon that hit that 4-year-old. reporting live at city headquarters, mike hellgren. jessica? police also cracked down on curfew violators. website website is, of course, following the story. we'll have much more from the listing commissioner at 4, 5 and 6:00. the carroll county sheriff's office needs help finding a man in an abduction case. michael terrell got into a fight with his give and took her young son. the boy was later released. back in baltimore city the funeral for the 100th whom side of the year is happening. 24-year-old christopher samuel was shot in the back in the

upton section. as of today police say they have no solid case. days after she's convicted in a federal corruption case, council woman leslie johnson announces mer rest sig -- her rest sig naismghts she flushed an elicit $100,000 check down the toilet. show was also arrested with $0,000 in her underwear. johnson's resignation is effective the end of the year and faces up to a year and a half in prison. the debate over raising the debt limit resumes on capitol hill. they are trying to hammer out a deal. republicans and democrats both refusing to budge on hikes to medicare. if the cream isn't -- ceiling

isn't raised, the u.s. will default on its debt. senator mikulski is introducing a bill to provide grants for veterans to help find jobs. >> former mississippi -- former leader dominique strauss-kahn could face new charges. >> reporter: a french woman said that strauss-kahn tried to rape her. she talked about it on french tv. she said she never prelsd charges because her mother who was an official in strauss-kahn's socialist party

convinced her not to go to authorities. prosecutors will determine if there's enough evidence to file charges. the former imf promises to sue for land iser. this comes as the sexual assault case in new york appears to be falling apart. prosecutors are questioning the credibility of the hotel maid who accused strauss-kahn of rape. strauss-kahn had been a leading candidate for french presidented as the u.s. case crumbled, supporters stouter -- started plotting his political comeback. but the latest allegations could put it in question again. >> in france rape charges can be filed up to 10 years. however cases classified as a sexual assault have a feef-year

statute of limitation. the jury in the casey anthony trial have been unable to reach a verdict. the defense argued that the child accidentally drowned in the family pool. if convicted of first-degree murder, casey anthony could face the death penalty. turning now to our weather. it's a great day to be outside. taking a live look at the inner harbor, it's sunny and little sticky. how long can we expect this sunshine to stick around? we turn to marty. >> good afternoon. let's take a look at temperatures. something really interesting going on. the dew point dropped. if you go down towards d.c. and on either side of the bay the dew points are going to be higher. i'll explain what this means shortly. 6 degrees --86 degrees on tv

hill. east phone five -- easton five degrees warmer. if you want to throw the heat index down, you can. we're under the influence of this big dome of high pressure. there's a dry slot sitting over our area. let's go to first warning doppler radar. it's clear right now. a little pop-up shower around little ray cabin. it's not impossible from baltimore on south with the higher dew points and more unstable air mass. we corks indeed, see a -- could, indeed, see a widely scattered shower, nothing severe, but we could be sitting here at 4:00 saying life is pretty good. big shot, we got the thunderstorm down here. it could be an area by area, mini region by mini region

afternoon segmented forecast. we'll talk more about that coming up in our first warning weather segment. baltimore city police are looking for a good few men and women this noon. the department is encouraging anyoned in becoming a police officer to take a free civil service test. applicants must be 21 with a valid driver's license. contact 1-877-pride pd. the rangers steam rolled over them. game two is in arlington tonight. still to come, wearlt rescue -- water rescue. firefighters brave waters to save dozens. several people are injured

on a ride? virginia. what happened? who's being blamed. >> hot temperatures with more on the way. marty will be back with the updated first warning forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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lying. prosecutors plan to call a slew of witness including former teammate andy pettitte. the trial starts tomorrow. if convicted, clemens could spend several years in prison. >> federal prison. take another live look outside and stick around. you can see there are some clouds out there. it's a nice afternoon and lot of people are on the water. your complete forecast now two and a half minutes away. >> here's a look at last night's winning multimatch numbers. it's the little things in life that make me smile. spending the day with my niece.

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for this free information kit, including this... medicare guide and customized rate quote. welcome back. you know, it is a way a summer day is supposed to feel. it's going to be hot, humid, not oppresscy. i would call it seasonal. normal daytime high of 87. it's going to be interesting. we could see pop-up thunderstorms. that dynamic would be from the city south and on both sides and adjacent to the chesapeake bay. those days of hazy, lazy days of

summer. >> okay. >> 86 degrees. check it out. 49% humidity here on tv hill. no kidding, if you went down to deal to tillman island that dew point will be higher. the dynamics sets up a thundershower. it's much more comfortable here in the jones falls alley. winds are calm. the barometer is slowly rising, 29.95. the low 70s. 83 hagerstown. 85 elkton. westminster 82 but 88 in bel air. 82, 83 and 83 kent island and

rock hall. a let cooling, if you will. finally got itself out of the hear. this morning i'd say about 6:15. new we have the dome of high pressure. approaching from the west the wind. i'm not going to say cold front. it's not going to dry out and cooldown. this will wash itself out. it will go stationary. it's going to take a couple of days for that to happen. having said that we have a better chance of a thunder shower. i think on thursday has the front is washing out, a better chance of a thundershower that day. a high of 92. maybe a couple thunderstorms south of the area. 68 and humid. tonight will be a bit steamy. a high of 90. let's take a lock at that five- look at that five-day forecast.

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let's take a look at the five-day forecast. it is really a good one. i mentioned that pop-up thunder shower. 90 tomorrow, 90 thursday. that's a great run of sun. you know it's summer weather the way it should be. >> don't miss tonight's prime-time lineup. it's another episode of wig whipping and -- "the good wife" and eyewitness news at 11. the world's jump rope competition kicked whoever this weekend. the event featured teams from 12 different countries competing in more than a dozen events. >> wow, that's such a good workout. >> boxers get that jump rope. >> oh, my gosh, look at that. >> now that i can do.

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